THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1800
Question
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Democratic-Republican
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Federalist
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Democratic-Republicans wanted all U.S. families to own their own farm. Jefferson also believed that working-class people would put aside their own personal gain for the public good if they owned enough property to feed and house their families.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ideology. The Democratic-Republican Party saw itself as a champion of republicanism and denounced the Federalists as supporters of monarchy and aristocracy. Ralph Brown writes that the party was marked by a “commitment to broad principles of personal liberty, social mobility, and westward expansion."
Detailed explanation-3: -Democratic-Republicans had most of their support in the South and West. They believed in states’ rights and a strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution and that the government should only do what is stated in it. They were founded on democratic principles and believed in self-government.
Detailed explanation-4: -Notwithstanding the party’s antielitist foundations, the first three Democratic-Republican presidents-Jefferson (1801–09), James Madison (1809–17), and James Monroe (1817–25)-were all wealthy, aristocratic Southern planters, though all three shared the same liberal political philosophy.